bradocaster Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 we are preparing for a zoning meeting and would like to be prepared for emission questions.our plan (Plan A) is to use 200 gallon fermenting vessels. starting with 2 vessels. how can we acquire rough estimates on CO2 emissions? Thanks for any thoughts, Brad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohninWV Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 Somebody has done some work in this thread which may be helpful for you. http://adiforums.com/index.php?showtopic=796&view=&hl=sugar&fromsearch=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upinthehills Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 You could mention that your fermenters are making less CO2 then an average car. Burning a pound of gasoline ( 6 ponds to the gallon ), produces something like 2.25 pounds of CO2. Burning a 20 gallon tank of gas would produce about 270 pounds of CO2. I don't know if you want the math, but we could work it out... Edited: I guess this is a useless answer? They are just concerned with safety / ventilation in the building? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jester Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 Hey all, In the interest of science...I have some different sized flow meters for gases. If anyone would be interested in a little experiement I'd loan out a couple and the way to fairly accurately capture the quantity of a "standard" run of whatever you make. I realize that the flow changes dramatically and that one flow meter would not likely capture it, that said I think we could quantify the approximate liters of CO2 production and everyone could sleep a little better having a good answer. I remember Paul of M.B. Roland Distilleries asking a similar question. If someone already has a simple flow meter and could do a simple check of the quantities over a run, That would be great. I am curious too. My thought is to have a small greenhouse adjacent to our distillery that we pipe the gases too. The plants would love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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